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We Can Reforest the Earth
By Lester R. Brown Protecting the 10 billion acres of remaining forests on earth and replanting many of those already lost are both essential for restoring the earth’s health. Since 2000, the earth’s forest cover has shrunk by 13 million acres each year, with annual losses of 32 million acres far exceeding the regrowth of […]
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Second day of blackouts leaves nearly 10 percent of humanity without power
Another day of blackouts strike India, impacting twice as many people.
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Why the military is trying to reduce its fossil fuel use
Republicans campaigning against the military's efforts to move beyond fossil fuels have forgotten why the U.S. armed forces began trying to save energy in the first place.
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Hawaii Drives Past Solar Power Cost Barrier, Surprised by Additional Roadblocks
Solar has crossed a major threshold in Hawaii. The state’s homes and businesses can cut their electric bills with unsubsidized solar power, but are also discovering that cheap solar is not a panacea. As the tide of solar costs has receded, a number of unexpected barriers have emerged. An island state reliant on imported oil […]
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Enbridge doesn’t seem to understand how pipes are supposed to work
An oil pipeline operated by Enbridge has sprung a leak in Wisconsin, just as the company is seeking approval for a big tar-sands pipeline in British Columbia.
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High heat knocks out power to hundreds of millions in India
Excessive power demand due to high temperatures knocked as many as 370 million Indians off the grid.
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Lord of the tree rings: What trees can teach us about fire and climate change
Meet a scientist who studies the burn history of some of the largest forests on Earth.
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Clean Air Victory for Texas as Coal Plant Permit Struck Down
This week Texas residents cheered when a judge invalidated the state air pollution permit for the proposed Las Brisas coal plant in Corpus Christi. The Las Brisas proposal is only the second new power plant proposed to be built within city limits anywhere in the United States (Chicago’s Leucadia is the other), and a coalition […]
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Why climate change doesn’t spark moral outrage, and how it could
Perhaps the biggest barrier to action on climate change is the fact that it doesn't hit us in the gut. But new research suggests ways to make it a more potent moral issue.
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